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| General Mattis orders fighter jet readiness to jump to 80 percent — in one year |
| 2018-10-10 |
| [Defense News] WASHINGTON ‐ Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has ordered the Air Force and Navy to get mission capable rates for four key tactical aircraft up above 80 percent by the end of next September, a daunting challenge given the current readiness rates of America’s fighter fleets. In a memo issued Sept. 17 to the secretaries of the Army, Air Force and Navy, along with acquisition head Ellen Lord and acting Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness Stephanie Barna, Mattis acknowledges "budget constraints and shortfalls in aviation squadrons across the force" have led to "systemic underperformance, overcapitalization and unrealized capacity" in the fighter fleets. "For change to be effective and efficient, we must focus on meeting our most critical priorities first," Mattis wrote in the memo, obtained exclusively by Defense News. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 did Sec Mattis just pull this number from his *** one major problem with these orders is that when the parts suppliers know there is a 'we will pay cost++ emergency' the costs go way up and the tax payer gets the shaft |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-10-10 11:36 |
| #6 If you don't have people, planes, tanks and ships you can use, you actually don't have a military, no matter how many pretty slides are in your PowerPoint presentation. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-10-10 10:17 |
| #5 How is it to be enabled? Simply change the definition of 'mission capable'. "Well yeah, if they were in theater we could fly'em." Bigger problem will be pilot availability. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-10-10 10:02 |
| #4 Just cut the funds for SJW indoctrination programs and instead buy parts? What an idea. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-10-10 09:52 |
| #3 There are different types of orders for something like this. Usually they are given by desk jockys that expect all the usual red tape rules to be followed and utter failure usually results. Then there are the ones given by warriors and they fully expect the people under them to do what they need to get the job done and damn the rules and the commander who gave the order will give everything he can to help his people get it done. I expect it is the latter order, but we will see. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-10-10 09:26 |
| #2 Wonder if we're gonna have a big dance somewhere next year? |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-10-10 09:11 |
| #1 easy to give an order. How is it to be enabled? |
| Posted by: Unutle Grolutch7231 2018-10-10 08:27 |